Avoidable Deaths: A Systems Failure Approach to Disaster Risk Management - Couverture souple

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Ray-Bennett, Nibedita S. S.

 
9783319669502: Avoidable Deaths: A Systems Failure Approach to Disaster Risk Management

Synopsis

Identifies essential characteristics of socio-technical disaster management systems in order to help disaster managers and practitioners improve their planning and policies Defines a set of knowledge, skills and expertise required for first and second level disaster responders to deal with 'disaster climates' in order to reduce deaths Presents case studies and gender-disaggregated mortality data

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À propos de l?auteur

Funded by Ford Foundation's International Fellowship Programme, Dr. Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett completed her PhD in Sociology from Warwick University. Currently, Nibedita is Lecturer in Risk Management in the School of Business's Civil Safety and Security Unit, University of Leicester. She is the author of Caste, Class and Gender in Multiple Disasters (VDM Verlag, 2009). Nibedita is a Research Affiliate at: Northumbria University's Disaster and Development Network (formerly known as Disaster and Development Centre); the National Centre for Earth Observation; University of Leicester's Centre for Climate Change and Landscape Research; and University College London's ESRC funded RELIEF Centre Global Associates International Network (GAIN). Nibedita is a Fellow at the Higher Education Academy in the UK.

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